EuroLife: Day 102

Well, I finally joined a gym here in Jena. Its only three blocks from our apartment and right next to the library, so its convenient. The gym is called "Mammut," which as you might guess, means "mammoth." Its owned by a man who looks like a woolly mammoth, or an ape. He works there and he also works out there. He is quite intimidating. I wanted to include a picture of him from the gym website, but I decided the picture was a little too creepy. Curious? Then go to:

http://www.dasmammut.de/home.html

To the left you can see one of the pictures from the website. This is a picture of the protein shake bar. It gives you a sense of the Tarzan-like decor that predominates.


Just to give you a sense of the place, in the locker that I use there is a sticker that says, in English, "Keep Hell beautiful, get a tattoo." I'm not sure I understand it, but there are a lot of tattooed guys that work out there.

There is some cardio equipment. There are some, as Andrew once said, "girl's ellipticals." There is a TV in front of the cardio equipment. (Each machine doesn't have its own TV, as at the AAC). This TV plays MTV Germany, a television station that shows (1) American reality shows with subtitles, (2) American reality shows that have been dubbed, (3) American music videos, and on rare occasions, (4) German music videos.

****Note: Again, this was Michael and not me :) (Dolores)*********